Thread by @c_s_wallace

@QuentinDempster Thread🧵. Received this morning from an outraged #APS insider in a position to observe the performance of key departmental heads over the past several years (ID protected here for obvious reasons): ‘How gobsmacking is it that Pezzullo, with his litany of failures...’ #auspol 1/

@QuentinDempster ‘How gobsmacking is it that Pezzullo with his litany of failures gets called brilliant, successful & effective in the media? Why aren’t journos saying he’s transparently trying to promote himself (to) Defence even though everyone knows he’d totally stuff that up too?’ #auspol 2/

@QuentinDempster I have no ‘in’ to the current APS so asked in response, ‘What litany?’ This is the string of links they sent in reply. itnews.com.au/news/home-affa… #auspol 3/

@QuentinDempster abc.net.au/news/2019-10-1… #suspol 4/

@QuentinDempster news.com.au/national/your-… #auspol 5/

@QuentinDempster abc.net.au/news/2019-08-2… 6/

@QuentinDempster 👆 APS Insider: ‘This actually got worse in 2020! Down to 18% who would recommend the (Home Affairs) Dept as a good place to work.’ #auspol 7/

@QuentinDempster crikey.com.au/2020/04/02/hom… #auspol 8/

@QuentinDempster canberratimes.com.au/story/5997692/… #auspol 9/

@QuentinDempster afr.com/policy/foreign… #auspol 10/

@QuentinDempster abc.net.au/news/2020-05-2… 11/

@QuentinDempster afr.com/policy/foreign… 12/

@QuentinDempster theguardian.com/australia-news… 13/

@QuentinDempster abc.net.au/news/2019-06-1… 14/

@QuentinDempster crikey.com.au/2020/08/07/cyb… #auspol 15/

@QuentinDempster canberratimes.com.au/story/5997001/… 16/

@QuentinDempster ia.acs.org.au/article/2020/h… #auspol 17/

@QuentinDempster afr.com/policy/foreign… #auspol 18/

@QuentinDempster APS Insider: ‘There’s probably more. ANAO audits, FOIs. The litany of failures is extensive. I know sh*t happens in every portfolio but it’s amazing the media reports his braggard self promotion as fact rather than look at how he’s actually done as a Dept head.’ #auspol 19/19